£10.95
Blackmount is a raw milk ashed lactic goats milk pyramid made with milk from a small herd of dairy goats, it is made with traditional kids rennet and is yeast ripened so it softens from the outside in if left to mature long enough.
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Blackmount – Made by Selina Cairnes in Scotland
A raw milk ashed lactic goats milk pyramid made with milk from a small herd of dairy goats, it is made with traditional kids rennet and is yeast ripened so it softens from the outside in if left to mature long enough. Selina Cairns is one of a very select group of cheesemakers in the UK currently making cheese with their own sheep and goats milk. Its name is taken from the hill behind the farm that forms the beginning of the pentland hills.
| Cheese make | Soft |
|---|---|
| Cheese post make | Ash Coated |
| Milk type | Goat |
| Strength | 3 |
| County | Lanarkshire |
| Pasteurisation | Unpasteurised |
First made in 2006, this naturally rinded soft cheese is made with pasteurised milk. It is blue veined and is sold at 3-5 weeks of age. It has a 8 week shelf life. Being hand-made, the sizes have a minimum weight of 180g but are approximately 210g, some slightly larger some slightly smaller. When the cheese is sold at 3-4 weeks it has a relatively mild blue flavour but expect the IOW Blue to accelerate quickly so that by the time it is at the end of its Best Before date, the flavour will be a lot more spikier than when it was young.
Being naturally rinded, it is covered in green, blue, grey and white moulds. These give the cheese bags of character and the variety of surface moulds that grow on the rind will make it stand out on any cheeseboard.
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